Bus firm sells routes

FAMILY owned transport company R Bullock & Sons has sold some of its bus routes and vehicles to giant Stagecoach Manchester . Cheadle-based Bullocks will concentrate on coach trips, tours and school bus services, with one key route down Oxford Road, Manchester.

FAMILY owned transport company R Bullock & Sons has sold some of its bus routes and vehicles to giant Stagecoach Manchester .

Cheadle-based Bullocks will concentrate on coach trips, tours and school bus services, with one key route down Oxford Road, Manchester.

The deal sees 22 Bullock buses and routes along Wilmslow Road and to Cheadle and Woodford move to Stagecoach, which operates around 700 buses in Greater Manchester. It will add around £1.8m to Stagecoach's revenues.

Director Alan Bullock, whose grandfather founded the business in 1928, said: "We approached Stagecoach as it has become increasingly difficult, as a small operator, to compete with the major players, particularly as fuel prices have risen so much."